While LASIK is the most popular form of surgical vision correction today with over a million Americans undergoing the procedure each year, that might change in the near future.  Implantable Collamer Lenses (commonly known as Phakic Intra-Ocular Lenses), such as Visian ICL, might be the next wave of vision treatments.  Unlike LASIK, Implantable Collamer Lenses […]

September 25th, 2006

Turner Eye Institute Medical Group has seen an increase in patients having Intralase surgery.  Much of this increase can be attributed to recent upgrades in the intralase laser.  As the technology has become more advanced, Dr. Turner is much more enthusiastic about introducing it to patients who are excellent candidate for the all-laser lasik procedure.
 

Each patient […]

September 29th, 2006
In a comparative study of patients who underwent LASIK and/or Visian ICL it was discovered that the Visian ICL not only compared favorably to LASIK surgery but in fact exceeded the results of LASIK surgery in many categories.

Patients who were in the 8-12 range of myopia were seen to favor visian over LASIK […]

October 3rd, 2006

This article was written by Charles Q. Choi and published in LiveScience magazine on Oct. 2, 2006.  You can find it at the livescience website.
 
 

Scanning the eyes with lasers could help detect signs of Alzheimer’s even before symptoms of the disease appear in the brain.  These laser tests could improve patients’ chances […]

From an article on live www.science.com.
The Forehead Retina System (FRS) uses a special headband to selectively stimulate different mechanoreceptors in forehead skin to allow visually impaired people to “see” a picture of what lies in front of them. The Forehead Retina System is the result of collaborative research by Tachi laboratory at the University of […]

Dr. Stephen Turner was the first LASIK surgeon in the San Francisco Bay Area to be certified to perform the Visian ICL procedure.  He has performed over 50 procedures thus far and is among the most experienced LASIK surgeons in the San Francisco Bay Area.  The Visian ICL is now being used in China.  Here is […]

Many people have heard of LASIK Plus or TLC LASIK Vision Centers or Clearly LASIK.  These are LASIK centers have spread across the US.  In other areas of the world Optimax or Vista or other LASIK Center chains are equally well represents.  In England, Boots even attempted to set up its own chain of LASIK Centers.  […]

Keratoconus Treatments require a trained corneal specialist with a high degree of experience.  San Jose patients seeking to consult with a corneal specialist about keratoconus are frequently referred by other eye doctors to Dr. Stephen Turner.  Dr. Turner is recognized as a top surgeon in the San Francisco Bay Area and San Jose and is frequently chosen by optometrists as […]

One of the most popular excimer laser system in use around the world is the AMO VISX Star S4 with Wavescan wavefront custom LASIK.  This is currently the most popular LASIK system in the USA and the most popular LASIK system in the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Walnut […]

Can Sports Be Played After LASIK?
San Jose residents as well as soccer fans from around the world enjoyed watching soccer (known as football in most other countries) during the World Cup 2006.  Many LASIK patients might wonder if having LASIK is a risk for soccer (football) players or for other sports.  Is it safe for […]